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LOFT CINEMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ron Barber Carmen Marriott President Hal Melfi Tim Fuller David Nix Vice-President Katherine Pew Stephen Golden Tim Reckart Treasurer Claire Scheuren Melodie Lopez Secretary Lisanne Skyler Joanne Stuhr Betsy Bolding Joe Tarver Jaime Gutiérrez Frank Valenzuela Dianne Iauco Jan Mueller, Emeritus Mary Koss Dear Friends of The Loft Cinema, July is a very exciting month at The Loft Cinema! Barring a massive monsoon, our beloved marquee is scheduled to be restored to its original glory this month, with construction slated to start July 1. We can’t wait! Thank you to everyone who attended our Woodstock Marquee Fundraiser and to all who donated their money, time and resources to restore the marquee!

July is also Loft Kids Fest, an annual celebration of film for Tucson children and families! The Loft Kids Fest is 9 days of free films, popcorn, books, activities and other surprises! Look for details on page 24-25.

The Loft Kids Fest is the product of a truly amazing community, with funding and support from local community businesses, individuals and organizations, and the amazing volunteers and staff who help make sure everyone has a great time.

Another special opportunity in July is The Qatsi Trilogy, the unique, stunning Godfrey Reggio films, with music by Philip Glass, that will take your breath away and must be seen on the biggest screen possible!

Enjoy July at The Loft Cinema!

Peggy Johnson, Executive Director The Loft Cinema

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DO THE RIGHT THING PARIS IS BURNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING! NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION! NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION! WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AT 2:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is With exclusive pre-show “behind the scenes” throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a bonus content, courtesy of the Criterion vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York Collection! City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene.

Featuring an introduction by Dr. Tani Sanchez, “Combines drama, sociology, culture and Associate Professor in the UA Department of history into a powerful, passionate and Africana Studies. entertaining package.” – Karl Soehnlein, Out Week See Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated classic, Do the Right Thing, on the big screen on the same date it was released to theatres Made over seven years, Paris Is Burning offers an intimate in 1989! portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies, to house mothers offering sustenance in a world “Comes closer to reflecting the current state of rampant with homophobia and transphobia, racism, AIDS, race relations in America than any other movie and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and of our time.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times trans women—including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza—Paris Is Burning brings it, Spike Lee’s incendiary, groundbreaking look at race relations celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and in America is a colorful, exuberant and finally devastating the draw of community. (Dir. by Jennie Livingston, 1990, USA, modern masterpiece – quite possibly the best film ever 78 mins., Rated R) made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating Digitally remastered by the UCLA Film and Television how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small Archive in conjunction with Sundance Institute and Outfest misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant UCLA Legacy Project. Preservation funded by Sundance on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the Institute, Outfest and the Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation. whole spectrum of life in this neighborhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does Special thanks to our community partner the “right thing.” Featuring Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza for this screening, Southern Arizona Aids parlor owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery Foundation. guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal’s sons; Lee’s sister Joie as Mookie’s sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie’s girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie’s hot-headed friend Buggin’ Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L. Jackson as deejay Mister Señor Love Daddy. (Dir. by Spike Lee, 1989, 120 mins., Rated R) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 7

MOANA SING-A-LONG!

THURSDAY, JULY 4 AT 2:00PM SATURDAY, JULY 6 AT 2:00PM SUNDAY, JULY 7 AT 2:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

This 4th of July weekend, dive into Join adventurous teenager magic! Everyone will also receive a world of music and adventure, Moana Waialiki (voiced by Auli’i their very own Moana Goodie Bag, and see “How Far You’ll Go,” as Cravalho) as she sails out on a filled with fun props and surprises The Loft Cinema presents a very daring, action-packed mission to to use throughout the movie! special interactive sing-a-long save her people, with a little help And don’t forget to dress up in screening of the fun-tastic Disney from the once-mighty demi-god your best Moana costume so you classic, Moana! (and “just an ordinary demi-guy”) can join our pre-show Costume Maui (Dwayne Johnson), who Parade on The Loft stage! We’ll all “An absolute delight, a guides her on her quest to become be partying here “where the sky lush, exuberant quest a master wayfinder and discover meets the sea,” so don’t miss out fable full of big musical her own identity. All your favorite on all the fun at the Moana Sing- numbers and featuring Moana songs, like “How Far I’ll A-Long! (Dir. by Ron Clements and perhaps the most stunning Go,’ “You’re Welcome” and “Shiny” John Musker, 2016, USA, 107 mins., visuals of any Disney film (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rated PG) to date.” – Christopher Orr, Mark Mancina and Tokelauan The Atlantic singer/songwriter Opetaia Foa’i) will be subtitled so you can sing- a-long and be a part of all the 8 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FRIDAY, JULY 5 AT 9:00PM FRIDAY, JULY 5 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 SATURDAY, JULY 6 AT 10:00PM SUNDAY, JULY 7 AT 11:00AM $200 MONTHLY GRAND PRIZE! GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 $1,000 YEARLY GRAND PRIZE! PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! On the first Friday of each month comedians Bridgitte Thum The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big and Mike Sterner host our monthly short film contest – just screen! bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest movie screen in Southern Arizona! Simply put, there is perhaps no greater (or more fun) action/ adventure flick than Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first and In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts indisputably best of the initial three Indiana Jones movies BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY SING-A-LONG! show, here are the rules: We’ll play any short film, music cooked up by the dream team of director Steven Spielberg video or short documentary that you’ve made that’s under and producer George Lucas. SATURDAY, JUNE 1 AT 7:00PM 15 minutes long and is brought to us on a DVD, thumb drive GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 or BLU-ray (one film per person, and DVDs must be playable “One of the most deliriously funny, ingenious PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING on a regular DVD player and films on drives need to be in and stylish American adventure movies ever by 8pm. We do not accept commercials or advertisements). made.” – Vincent Canby, New York Times Submissions are only taken on the day of the event, and all entries MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE This wildly entertaining film has it all: non-stop action, ACTUAL SHOW (we cannot accept films after the show has exotic locations, grand spectacle, a wise-cracking hero, begun, or during intermission). All films are played in the nasty villains, a beautiful and feisty love interest, humor, order they’re received. Every film is guaranteed to play for 3 horror (melting Nazis!) … not to mention lots and lots of minutes, but after that the audience can call for the dreaded snakes. And along with all the familiar bits that are now “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck, our deeply imbedded in pop culture – Harrison Ford running intrepid hosts stop the film and the next movie begins. But from that giant boulder, using his pistol instead of his don’t despair … if your film is gonged, you can re-work it and trusty whip to take out a sword-wielding bad guy, facing off bring it back to see if the changes you’ve made have pleased with a hissing cobra, and on and on – there’s real resonance the audience. This is a great way for filmmakers to try out in a gripping storyline that brings together a profound new ideas and see how an actual audience responds, so take religious-archaeological icon (the Ark of the Covenant, advantage. Remember, the audience decides the winner each nothing less than “a radio for speaking to God”) and the 20th and every month, so keep them happy! Filmmaker must be century’s most infamous criminals (the Nazis). Now that’s in attendance to win the cash prize. entertainment! (Dir. by Steven Spielberg, 1981, USA, 115 min., Rated PG) PLEASE NOTE: We only take the first 15 films that are brought in each month and the spots have been filling up really fast. We start taking submissions as soon as we open the day of the show so get your films in early!

PLEASE BE ADVISED: Since we don’t pre-screen First Friday Shorts entries, we don’t know what each month’s “film content” rating will be. Be advised that some material may not be suitable for all audiences. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 9

ALIEN WARRIOR WOMEN 40TH ANNIVERSARY! FRIDAY, JULY 12 AT 7:30PM (SUNDOWN) WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 AT 7:30PM FREE ADMISSION REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING AT SAN XAVIER Join the crew of the Nostromo as we celebrate the 40th CO-OP FARM! anniversary of the sci-fi shocker that taught us all, “In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream!,” and enter our FREE RAFFLE This free screening will take place outdoors at to win an out-of-this world Alien prize! San Xavier Co-op Farm 8100 S. Oidak Wog, Tucson, AZ 85746. Please note: In the event of “One of the most perfect science fiction thrillers inclement weather, this outdoor screening will of all time … it’s a scary, scary movie.” – Kevin be moved to an indoor venue nearby (dance Carr, Film Threat ramada).

Released to theatres in the summer of 1979, Ridley Scott’s This screening is part of Loft Film Fest on the Road, a Alien unleashes an interstellar nightmare of the worst community-building program that takes unexpected films kind when an unknown life form invades a spacecraft and for free screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, proceeds to lay waste to every human in sight. On the way providing a unique cultural experience. home from a mission for the “Company,” the Nostromo’s crew is awakened from hibernation by the ship’s Mother Through the figure of Lakota activist and community computer to answer a distress signal from the nearby planet organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, this inspiring of LV-426. Upon landing, Capt. Dallas’s (Tom Skerritt) documentary traces the untold story of countless Native rescue team discovers a bizarre pod field, but things get even American women struggling for their people’s civil rights. stranger when a face-hugging creature bursts out of a pod Spanning several decades, Christina D. King and Elizabeth and attaches itself to Kane (John Hurt). Over the objections A. Castle’s documentary charts Thunder Hawk’s lifelong of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), science officer Ash (Ian Holm) commitment, from her early involvement in the American lets Kane back on the ship. The nasty incubus detaches itself Indian Movement (AIM), to her pivotal role in the founding from an apparently recovered Kane, but when an alien erupts of Women of All Red Nations, to her heartening presence at from Kane’s stomach and escapes, it’s clear things are about Standing Rock alongside thousands protesting the Dakota to take a turn for the worse. Soon the freaky, unstoppable, Access Pipeline. (Dir. by Elizabeth Castle & Christina D. King, insect-like xenomorph (brilliantly designed by H.R. Giger) is 2018, USA, 67 mins., Not Rated). on the rampage and it’s mighty apparent that not everyone is getting off the ship alive. A highly-influential shocker Special thanks to our community partner that spawned a franchise and created a new action heroine for this screening, San Xavier Cooperative in Sigourney Weaver, Alien is a truly timeless terror classic Association. that’s twice as terrifying on the big screen! (Dir. by Ridley Scott, 1979, USA/UK, 117 mins., Rated R) This screening was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts with support from Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment 10 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS STEVE ZISSOU SATURDAY, JULY 13 AT 10:00AM FREE ADMISSION FRIDAY, JULY 12 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, JULY 13 AT 10:00PM PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 A free monthly series showcasing great new and classic family-friendly films from around the world! Pre-show PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big 9:15am. screen! PRESENTED BY PIMA COUNTY LIBRARY In Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, internationally renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou “Here’s something dog and cat people can (Bill Murray) and his crew—Team Zissou—set sail on an agree on: The Secret Life of Pets is hilarious, expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly sweet and fun.” – Raakhee Mirchandani, New nonexistent “jaguar shark” that killed Zissou’s partner York Daily News during the filming of their latest documentary adventure. The Secret Life of Pets is the hilarious animated comedy that “It’s beyond enjoyable, heading into waters finally answers the question: what do your pets do when full of whimsy, mystery and odd, psychedelic you’re not home? When their owners leave for the day, pets fish.” – Steven Rea, Philadelphia Enquirer from the building gossip with their friends, satisfy their sweet tooths, and throw outrageous parties. But when A spandex-clad combination of Jacques Cousteau and pampered terrier, Max, and his unruly new ‘roommate’ from Captain Ahab, the highly unorthodox Zissou naturally the pound, Duke, get lost in the urban jungle of New York plans to film his underwater revenge, and he is joined on City, they must put aside their differences to survive the epic his perilous and frequently ridiculous journey by a very journey back home. From the director of Despicable Me! (Dir. motley crew, which includes a young airline co-pilot, who by Chris Renaud & Yarrow Cheney, 2016, 91 mins., Rated PG) may or may not be Zissou’s son (Owen Wilson), a beautiful journalist (Cate Blanchett) assigned to write a profile of Zissou, his estranged wife and co-producer, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston), her ex-husband (Jeff Goldblum), a salty seaman (Willem Defoe), a film producer (Michael Gambon) and an accountant (Bud Cort). Along the way, Team Zissou faces overwhelming dangers, including pirates, kidnapping and bankruptcy. The Life Aquatic is a wildly original, wonderfully odd underwater comedy/adventure with a melancholy edge, propelled by Murray’s hilarious, go-for-broke performance and a tasty bossa nova-flavored soundtrack of David Bowie songs performed in Portuguese by musician/actor Seu Jorge. (Dir. by Wes Anderson, 2004, USA, 119 mins., Rated R) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 11

RED RIVER WYATT EARP DOUBLE FEATURE WITH DIRECTOR MIKE PLANTE IN PERSON! SATURDAY, JULY 13 AT 7:30PM (SUNDOWN) FREE ADMISSION SUNDAY, JULY 14 AT NOON GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 | LOFT MEMBERS: $8 FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING AT EMPIRE RANCH IN SONOITA, AZ! Saddle up for two films about the legendary Wyatt Earp! First up is the acclaimed new documentary, And With Him This free screening will be held outdoors at Came the West, a fascinating look at both the real Wyatt Earp Empire Ranch, South Corral area, E Empire and the Hollywood legend of Wyatt Earp. Director Mike Ranch Road, Sonoita, 85637. Please bring Plante will be on hand for a post-film Q&A! Next up is John your own seating. Please note: In the event of Ford’s classic 1946 western, My Darling Clementine, starring inclement weather, this outdoor screening will Henry Fonda as the iconic Tombstone lawman! be moved to an indoor venue nearby (Adobe Hay Barn). AND WITH HIM CAME THE WEST Post-film Q&A with director Mike Plante in person! This screening is part of Loft Film Fest on the Road, a community-building program that takes unexpected films After the moment of the Gunfight at the OK Corral in late for free screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, 1881, Wyatt Earp became famous in his own time. He was providing a unique cultural experience. already known within the western territories as a tough lawman. The gunfight represented the epitome of what the See the classic 1948 John Wayne western, Red River, wild west stood for: good guys against bad guys in a thrilling screened outdoors at the historic Empire Ranch, where much duel. The real event was 30 seconds long. The motivations of the film was shot (in addition to other Southern Arizona behind it have complicated details. But Wyatt wanted us locations)! to forget all that. He was never shot in a gunfight and lived into old age. By chance, at a championship boxing match Red River, director Howard Hawks’ masterpiece starring at the turn of the century, he saw the power of cinema in John Wayne and Montgomery Clift, is one of the greatest action. He decided he could rewrite history through the Westerns ever made, a rowdy, whip-smart saga of obsession magic of movies, hanging out in Hollywood in the 1920s and rivalry between a man and his adopted son amid an epic to try to get a movie made about his life. And it actually struggle for survival in the Old West. (Dir. by Howard Hawks, worked. Interview subjects include actor Stacey Keach (who 1948, USA, 133 mins., Not Rated) portrayed Doc Holliday in the 1970 film, Doc), Bob Love (the current owner of the O.K. Corral), and The O.K. Corral Special thanks to our community partner for Players (who perform re-enactments in Tombstone, AZ). this screening, Empire Ranch. (Dir. by Mike Plante, 2019, USA, 77 mins., Not Rated)

This screening was made possible by a grant MY DARLING CLEMENTINE from the National Endowment for the Arts Celebrated filmmaker John Ford takes on the legend of the with support from Desert Diamond Casinos & O.K. Corral shoot-out in this multilayered, exceptionally Entertainment well-constructed western, one of the director’s very best films. Affecting and stunningly photographed, My Darling Clementine is a story of the triumph of civilization over the Wild West from American cinema’s consummate mythmaker. (Dir. by John Ford, 1946, USA, 97 mins., Not Rated) 12 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE CURE: ANNIVERSARY 1978 – 2018 LIVE IN HYDE PARK, LONDON TUESDAY, JULY 16 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

The Cure, acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest live bands, take the stage on a perfect July evening in London’s Hyde Park 2018 to deliver a set of songs celebrating four decades of music making! “There’s a unique power in The Cure’s live THE CURE: ANNIVERSARY 1978 – 2018 performance.” – Rolling Stone LIVE IN HYDE PARK, LONDON The ensuing film, Anniversary 1978 -2018, directed by long-time collaborator Tim Pope, captures them in glorious TUESDAY, JULY 16 AT 7:30PM 4K. The 5.1 audio mix by Robert Smith and Paul Corkett GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 complements and completes this fabulously immersive PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING cinematic experience. From Lovesong to Lullaby, from Boys Don’t Cry to Burn, from Fascination Street to Friday I’m in Love, Robert Smith and his extraordinary band –Simon The Cure, acknowledged as one and completes this fabulously Gallup, Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell and Reeves Gabrels – of the world’s greatest live bands, immersive cinematic experience. take us on a magical trip through time as only The Cure can. take the stage on a perfect July From Lovesong to Lullaby, from As Robert Smith himself has said of this now-seminal live evening in London’s Hyde Park Boys Don’t Cry to Burn, from show, “This really was the perfect way to celebrate 40 years of 2018 to deliver a set of songs Fascination Street to Friday I’m the band. It was a fabulous day none of us will ever forget.” (Dir. by Tim Pope, 2019, UK, 137 mins., Not Rated) celebrating four decades of music in Love, Robert Smith and his making! extraordinary band –Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Roger “There’s a unique O’Donnell and Reeves Gabrels – power in The Cure’s live take us on a magical trip through performance.” – Rolling time as only The Cure can. As Stone Robert Smith himself has said of this now-seminal live show, The ensuing film, Anniversary “This really was the perfect way 1978 -2018, directed by long- to celebrate 40 years of the band. time collaborator Tim Pope, It was a fabulous day none of us captures them in glorious 4K. The will ever forget.” (Dir. by Tim Pope, 5.1 audio mix by Robert Smith 2019, UK, 137 mins., Not Rated) and Paul Corkett complements SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 13

LA CIÉNAGA BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 AT 7:30PM FRIDAY, JULY 19 AT 10:00PM FREE ADMISSION | $5 SUGGESTED DONATION SATURDAY, JULY 20 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES See classic art films the way they were meant to be seen - PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! with an audience, on the big screen! The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen! The release of Lucrecia Martel’s La Ciénaga heralded the arrival of an astonishingly vital and original voice in John Carpenter’s colorful, kooky, ‘everything-but-the- Argentine cinema. With a radical and disturbing take kitchen-sink’ supernatural kung fu fantasy comedy action on narrative, beautiful cinematography, and a highly flick is an uproariously rampaging adventure in the grand sophisticated use of on- and offscreen sound, Martel turns tradition of 1930s cliffhanger serials. Reuniting the director her tale of a dissolute bourgeois extended family, whiling with his charismatic good luck charm from Escape from New away the hours of one sweaty, sticky summer, into a York and The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China stars Kurt cinematic marvel. Russell as Jack Burton, a cocky truck driver prone to John Wayne posturing who finds himself in over his head as he “A fascinating, damning picture of bourgeois battles ancient Chinese warlords and hideous demons to save boredom that manages to be both epic feisty damsel in distress Kim Cattrall. and intimate at the same time.” – Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News “Big Trouble is the best kind of action movie, because it ignores real-world logic in favor of Mecha (Graciela Borges) and her family are nearing the having some major fun. “ – Josh Modell, AV end of their summer holiday when her cousin Tali and her Club family are forced to come and live with them. In the stifling heat of the Argentine summer, the two families aimlessly As he races through the mean catacombs beneath amuse themselves with liquor, kinky crushes, swimming Chinatown, Jack and his ragtag band of rescuers encounter in a filthy swimming pool, hunting and watching TV. No literally every obstacle imaginable: devil women, water one ever seems to go anywhere; parents and kids lay in torture, deadly ninjas, fire breathing ghosts, black magic bed, half-naked in communal sloth, but there are powerful monsters … well, you get the picture. Directing in high pulp undercurrents running beneath the seemingly languid comic book style, Carpenter proves himself a masterful genre country-house atmosphere. One of the great contemporary mechanic, fashioning one of his most purely entertaining film debuts (Martel would go on to direct such celebrated films out of discarded remnants from the pop culture junk films as The Holy Girl, The Headless Woman and Zama), La pile, in the process creating a true cult classic that never Ciénaga is a mesmerizing portrait—reminiscent of Buñuel— slows down long enough to wear out its welcome. (Dir. by of the privileged class far gone in decay, unanchored from John Carpenter, USA, 1986, 99 mins., Rated PG-13) religion, nature, marital or blood ties. (Dir. by Lucrecia Martel, 2001, Argentina, in Spanish with English subtitles, 103 mins., Not Rated) 14 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

FOR ALL MANKIND MOON LANDING 50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING! SATURDAY, JULY 20 AT 2:00PM REGULAR ADMISISON PRICES

This event is part of Science on Screen, an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Blast off as The Loft Cinema celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing with a special screening of the award-winning documentary, For All Mankind, FOR ALL MANKIND screened on the actual day of the Moon Landing in 1969! MOON LANDING 50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING! This Science on Screen event will feature an introduction by Dr. William Boynton, UA professor of Astrobiology SATURDAY, JULY 20 AT 2:00PM Research, Cosmochemistry, Lunar Studies, Small Bodies and REGULAR ADMISISON PRICES Geochemistry. Dr. Boynton analyzed Apollo samples after they were first brought back to Earth, and has been involved with recent work on the Moon. In between, he has built This event is part of Science Small Bodies and Geochemistry. their words, in their voices, using instruments for spacecraft traveling to a variety of places in on Screen, an initiative Dr. Boynton analyzed Apollo the images of their experiences. the Solar System, including Mars. of the Coolidge Corner samples after they were first Fifty years after the first moon In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled Theatre, in partnership brought back to Earth, and has landing, it remains the most President Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a man on the with the Alfred P. Sloan been involved with recent work radical, visually dazzling work Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” No one who Foundation. on the Moon. In between, he has of cinema yet made about this witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s built instruments for spacecraft earthshaking event. (Dir. by Al documentary For All Mankind is the story of the twenty- Blast off as The Loft Cinema traveling to a variety of places in Reinert, 1989, USA, 80 mins, Not four men who traveled to the moon, told in their words, celebrates the 50th anniversary the Solar System, including Mars. Rated) in their voices, using the images of their experiences. Fifty of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Sponsored by the years after the first moon landing, it remains the most with a special screening of the In July 1969, the space race ended radical, visually dazzling work of cinema yet made about this Flandrau Science Center & award-winning documentary, For when Apollo 11 fulfilled President earthshaking event. (Dir. by Al Reinert, 1989, USA, 80 mins, Planetarium. Not Rated) All Mankind, screened on the 50th Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a anniversary of the actual date man on the Moon and returning Thanks to our community Thanks to our community partners, UA of the Moon Landing in 1969! him safely to the Earth.” No one partners, UA Planetary Planetary Sciences and UA Lunar and This Science on Screen event will who witnessed the lunar landing Sciences and UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. feature an introduction by Dr. will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s Planetary Laboratory. William Boynton, UA professor documentary For All Mankind is of Astrobiology Research, the story of the twenty-four men Cosmochemistry, Lunar Studies, who traveled to the moon, told in SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 15

THE ROCKY HORROR WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A PICTURE SHOW NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS) SATURDAY, JULY 20 AT MIDNIGHT GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED WITHOUT PARENT OR SUNDAY, JULY 21 AT 7:30PM GUARDIAN. MUST HAVE PHOTO ID. GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6

“Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the PART OF LOFT STAFF SELECTS! Rocky Horror Picture Show cult is the extent A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen by our to which it evokes and weirdly resurrects, as amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s film was chosen if in a haunted house, a form of cinema as by Daniela Ontiveros, Administrative Assistant & Outreach community that once flourished in the U.S., Coordinator! when Hollywood was still in its heyday.” - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Sight and Sound The hilariously off-kilter comedy that turned Pedro Almodóvar into an international cinema icon, Women on Whatever happened to Saturday night? It was locked in a the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown weaves a madcap array of closet with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and it hasn’t been colorful characters into a frantic, wickedly funny, manic- the same since! Unleash your inner Sweet Transvestite when depressive symphony. High atop one of Spain’s poshest the mother of all cult classics hits the big screen with the penthouses, three women have come to the end of their “Heavy Petting” shadow cast, live and in your face! You’ll see mental ropes. Pepa (Almodóvar muse Carmen Maura), a healthy young couple inducted into the world of absolute is a TV star heartbroken by her lover, Ivan (Fernando pleasure, Transylvanians doing the pelvic thrust and a Guillen), who has just jilted her on her answering machine! sexy scientist trying to free us of all our inhibitions (not to Desperately trying to figure out what went wrong, Pepa, mention our clothing)! So pull up your fishnets and get ready teetering precariously on her skyscraper high heels, is to become a creature of the night at the strangest, sexiest obsessing over her heartless lover and starting to lose her “science fiction double feature” of all-time, a Loft Cinema bearings. Her neurotic best friend Candela (Maria Barranco) tradition for 41 years and counting! (Dir. by Jim Sharman, is seeking refuge at Pepa’s penthouse apartment because 1975, UK/USA, 98 mins., Rated R) she recently realized her love is a Shiite terrorist. And Ivan’s vengeful ex-wife, Lucia (Julieta Serrano), was just released from a 20-year stint in a mental institution, and she’s understandably upset and looking for payback. They’re all mighty mad – in fact, they’re on the verge of a nervous breakdown! Co-starring Antonio Banderas, Women on the Verge is a riotous blend of crazed camp humor, over-the-top plot twists and garish production design, giving Almodóvar free rein to gorge on TV soap operas, tabloid news and Hollywood melodramas to concoct one of the funniest and frothiest war-of-the-sexes comedies ever made! (Dir. by Pedro Almodóvar, 1988, Spain, in Spanish with subtitles, 90 mins., Rated) 16 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE RIVER AND THE WALL JAWS WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 AT 7:30PM FRIDAY, JULY 26 AT 10:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES SATURDAY, JULY 27 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 The River and the Wall follows five friends on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! borderlands as they travel 1,200 miles from El Paso to the The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big Gulf of Mexico on horses, mountain bikes, and canoes. screen!

“NYT Critic’s Pick! Both a vivid message movie Everybody out of the water! When a giant, bloodthirsty great and a wonder-filled paean to a singularly white shark starts chowing down on the summer tourists beautiful and biodiverse environment.” – off Amity Island, it’s up to local police chief Martin Brody Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times to hunt down the deadly underwater menace and send it packing to that great fish fry in the sky. Conservation filmmaker Ben Masters realizes the urgency of documenting the last remaining wilderness in Texas as “When it comes to thrillers, no movie has been the threat of new border wall construction looms ahead. able to top Jaws, although many have tried. Masters recruits NatGeo Explorer Filipe DeAndrade, And, as the years go by, it seems increasingly ornithologist Heather Mackey, river guide Austin Alvarado, unlikely that anything will come close.” – and conservationist Jay Kleberg to join him on the two- James Berardinelli, Reel Views and-a-half-month journey down 1,200 miles of the U.S.- Mexico border. They set out to document the borderlands Steven Spielberg’s expertly-crafted rollercoaster ride of a and explore the potential impacts of a wall on the natural monster movie not only changed our swimming habits (after environment, but as the wilderness gives way to the seeing this movie, who could possibly dip a toe into the more populated and heavily trafficked Lower Rio Grande ocean without hearing, just for second, those two ominous Valley, they come face-to-face with the human side of the musical notes?), it also redefined our summer movie- immigration debate and enter uncharted emotional waters. going habits by creating, in one fell swoop, the “summer (Dir. by Ben Masters, 2019, USA, 97 mins., Not Rated) blockbuster” as we know it today. A true Hollywood classic from a time when fun popcorn entertainment could also be smart, stylish and scary, Jaws has everything you need in a movie: kids in danger, drunken sea shanties, mass panic on the beach and Richard Dreyfus in a cage. Also starring Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw, whose chilling monologue recounting the sinking of the USS Indianapolis is the stuff of movie legend. (Dir. by Steven Spielberg, 1975, USA, 124 mins., Rated PG) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 17

PURPLE RAIN SING-A-LONG! (35TH ANNIVERSARY!) SATURDAY, JULY 27 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Get ready to party like it’s 1984 “Purple Rain irresistibly going to get a bit bumpy for our as we celebrate the Prince-ly exudes sex, sweat hard-rocking hero before he’s able anniversary of Purple Rain with and swagger in equal to bathe in the Purple Rain! At this a sing-a-long extravaganza that measure.” – Matt Brunson, special screening, you’ll become a we’re unleashing on the same date Creative Loafing “Sexy MF” for the night as you sing the film opened in theatres 35 along to the movie’s amazing array years ago! Get your funk on with In Purple Rain, His Royal Badness of Prince hits, including When a sing-a-long screening of Purple stars as “The Kid,” a hard luck boy Doves Cry, Darling Nikki, Let’s Go Rain, a Prince music video salon, a from Minneapolis who dresses like Crazy, I Would Die 4 U, and more! Prince costume contest and purple a sexy pirate and is desperate to The words will be right there on glow sticks for everyone! Purify catch his big break and launch his the big screen, so all you’ll have to yourself in the waters of Lake musical career. He’s also desperate worry about is feeling the funk. Minnetonka and then get down for love and really angry about his Before the film, we’ll get you in a to The Loft Cinema for a night of messed up parents, who fight the purple mood with a scalding hot purple-tinted partying you’ll never way doves cry (or something like collection of vintage Prince music forget! that). Luckily, he meets a beautiful videos! (Dir. by Albert Mangoli, young singer named Apollonia and 1984, USA, 111 mins., Rated R) it seems like everything just might work out. But the road to stardom is never smooth, and things are 18 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

STOP MAKING SENSE MOVIE PARTY! 35TH ANNIVERSARY WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the greatest concert film of all-time, and get ready to stop making sense and just start dancing! Inflatable microphones will be provided so everyone can sing along, and don’t forget to wear your boogie shoes, because oh yes, there will be dancing!

“Exuberant … exhilarating … the overwhelming impression throughout Stop STOP MAKING SENSE MOVIE PARTY! (35TH ANNIVERSARY!) Making Sense is of enormous energy, of life WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 AT 7:30PM being lived at a joyous high.” – Roger Ebert, GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 Chicago Sun-Times PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Make way for The Big Suit! “Once in a lifetime” a concert film comes along like Stop Making Sense, director Jonathan Demme’s rocking tribute to the incomparable Talking Celebrate the 35th anniversary touring to promote their new stage action, swimming amongst Heads! Shot over the course of three action-packed nights of the greatest concert film of all- album Speaking in Tongues, Stop the band members – Talking at Hollywood’s historic Pantages Theater in December time, and get ready to stop making Making Sense brilliantly captures Heads Jerry Harrison, Chris 1983, as the group was touring to promote their new album sense and just start dancing! the legendary Talking Heads at Frantz, Tina Weymouth and David Speaking in Tongues, Stop Making Sense brilliantly captures Inflatable microphones will be the height of their funky/punky/ Byrne, along with Parliament/ the legendary Talking Heads at the height of their funky/ provided so everyone can sing new wave power, and today, 35 Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie punky/new wave power, and today, 35 years after its original release, the film has lost none of its rhythmic power and along, and don’t forget to wear years after its original release, the Worrell, percussionist Steve Scales contagious energy, nor its ability to get a movie audience on your boogie shoes, because oh yes, film has lost none of its rhythmic and vocalists Lynn Mabry and its feet and dancing. Flaunting David Byrne’s famous Big there will be dancing! power and contagious energy, Ednah Holt – and never forgetting Suit, the film reels from bright, funk-influenced danceables nor its ability to get a movie that a concert film should be all (“Life During Wartime,” “Take Me to the River”) to austere Make way for The Big Suit! audience on its feet and dancing. about the music, nothing more and atmospheric numbers such as the moving “Heaven” and “Once in a lifetime” a concert Flaunting David Byrne’s famous and nothing less. What emerges is the kinky “Psycho Killer.” Demme allows his roaming camera film comes along like Stop Big Suit, the film reels from a truly thrilling blast of pure pop to focus on the stage action, swimming amongst the band Making Sense, director Jonathan bright, funk-influenced danceables bliss. (Dir. by Jonathan Demme, members – Talking Heads Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, Demme’s rocking tribute to the (“Life During Wartime,” “Take 1984, USA, 88 mins., Not Rated) Tina Weymouth and David Byrne, along with Parliament/ Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell, percussionist Steve incomparable Talking Heads! Shot Me to the River”) to austere and Scales and vocalists Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt – and never over the course of three action- atmospheric numbers such as the forgetting that a concert film should be all about the music, packed nights at Hollywood’s moving “Heaven” and the kinky nothing more and nothing less. What emerges is a truly historic Pantages Theater in “Psycho Killer.” Demme allows his thrilling blast of pure pop bliss. (Dir. by Jonathan Demme, December 1983, as the group was roaming camera to focus on the 1984, USA, 88 mins., Not Rated) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 19

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON DOUBLE FEATURE IN 3D! SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 AT NOON SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 AT NOON GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Prepare for the ultimate with unforgettably iconic images, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE experience in aquatic terror at this Creature from the Black Lagoon was Like its predecessor, this was 3D Creature Double Feature, with the last of the classic Universal originally shot in 3D, so once in the ‘50s horror classics, Creature Studios creature features, captivity the Gill Man gets poked from the Black Lagoon and the spawning two Creature sequels. and prodded with lots of long sequel Revenge of the Creature, both Featuring luminous underwater poles as scientists Clete (John presented in newly-restored, eye- 3D photography, a killer score Agar) and Helen (Lori Nelson) try popping 3D! The scares will leap and great, jump-out-of-your-seat to tame him and teach him the right off the screen and into your scares, Creature is still a ton of rudiments of language. Of course, lap, so watch out! fright-filled fun. If you’ve never the Creature soon falls head over seen this in 3D (or even if you flippers in love with Helen, and have), you need to make plans to develops a serious resentment THE CREATURE FROM THE swim on over to The Loft Cinema against Clete, so it’s only a matter BLACK LAGOON and catch the Gill Man … before he of time before he busts loose for In this classic ‘50s chiller, catches you! (Dir. by Jack Arnold, a good old-fashioned rampage! presented in its original 3D 1954, USA, 79 mins., Not Rated / (Dir. by Jack Arnold, 1955, USA, 82 format, an expedition up the Suitable for all ages) mins., Not Rated/ Suitable for all Amazon turns into a slimy ages) monster mash that’s driving everyone off the deep end! Filled 20 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE CAT VIDEO FEST 2019! INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY SCREENINGS THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 AT 2:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $8 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

A portion of ticket sales from these screenings will benefit the Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter and the HOPE Animal Shelter!

*These are encore screenings of the Cat Video Fest 2019 program that screened at The Loft THE CAT VIDEO FEST 2019! (INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY SCREENINGS!) Cinema in March. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 AT 7:30PM The cats are back! We’re celebrating International Cat Day SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 AT 2:00PM (August 8) with encore screenings of The Cat Video Fest GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 | LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $8 2019, and we’re not “kitten” around! Join your fellow cat PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING fans for some major feline fun as we dive into this purr-fectly hilarious collection of kooky kitty videos on the big screen, and help us raise money for local cats in need! A portion of ticket sales “Proof that cats really do than you can shake a feather cat from these screenings will rule everything around toy at! This show is produced “Proof that cats really do rule everything benefit the Hermitage No- us.” – Time Out New York specifically for the festival and is around us.” – Time Out New York Kill Cat Shelter and the not available online, so make kitty HOPE Animal Shelter! The Cat Video Fest is a fun, frisky tracks to The Loft Cinema and The Cat Video Fest is a fun, frisky and furry celebration of online cat videos. The festival is a live event gathering and furry celebration of online cat catch The Cat Video Fest while you fellow feline fanatics together to watch a curated collection The cats are back! We’re celebrating videos. The festival is a live event can! (Approximate Running time: 75 of crazy cat clips in a social environment. This all-new, all- International Cat Day (August 8) gathering fellow feline fanatics mins., Not Rated) cat-tastic video showcase is a true kitty rumpus featuring a with encore screenings of The Cat together to watch a curated fresh selection of hilarious, odd and downright adorable cat Video Fest 2019, and we’re not collection of crazy cat clips in a *These are encore clips curated by Will Braden, creator of the beloved Henri, “kitten” around! Join your fellow social environment. This all-new, screenings of the Cat le Chat Noir videos. This brand-new show for 2019 features cat fans for some major feline fun all-cat-tastic video showcase is Video Fest 2019 program approximately 100 videos featuring more cats than you can as we dive into this purr-fectly a true kitty rumpus featuring a that screened at The Loft shake a feather cat toy at! This show is produced specifically hilarious collection of kooky kitty fresh selection of hilarious, odd Cinema in March. for the festival and is not available online, so make kitty tracks to The Loft Cinema and catch The Cat Video Fest while videos on the big screen, and help and downright adorable cat clips you can! (Approximate Running time: 75 mins., Not Rated) us raise money for local cats in curated by Will Braden, creator need! of the beloved Henri, le Chat Noir videos. This brand-new show for 2019 features approximately 100 videos featuring more cats SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 21

“One of the ‘80s most memorable DIRTY DANCING MOVIE PARTY! teen movies. Endlessly quotable SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 AT 7:00PM and immensely charming.”- GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 Caroline Westbrook, Empire PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Get ready to have the time of It’s Summer, 1963. When Frances your life and Sway with Swayze “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer at the Dirty Dancing Movie Party! Grey) travels to the Catskills with We’re celebrating the power of her family, it feels like she’s got dance, the power of love and a pretty dull summer vacation most importantly, the power of ahead of her. But there’s nothing Baby and Johnny nailing that dull about Johnny Castle (Patrick lift! Everyone will be singing, Swayze), a local dance instructor dancing and quoting along with who moves like no one Baby’s ever Dirty Dancing on the big screen, seen before. Despite her family’s and there’ll be fun packs filled objections to Baby “mixing with with interactive props for all, the hired help,” Baby just can’t help like “She’s Like the Wind” paper herself, and once she and Johnny fans so you can cool yourself off start dirty dancing together, a after all that dirty dancing. Come spark is ignited that leads to one of dressed in your best “summer in the greatest movie romances of all- the Catskills” garb, and you could time! (Dir. by Emile Ardolino, 1987, win a hot prize. So put down USA, 100 mins., Rated PG-13) that watermelon and join us at Kellerman’s, where absolutely no one will be put in a corner! 22 COMMUNITY RENTALS

PHOENIX, OREGON TUESDAY, JULY 9 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Defying the haze of midlife, two friends seize an unlikely opportunity to reinvent their lives, quitting their jobs to restore a bowling alley and serve the “world’s greatest pizza.” This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Divorced bartender Bobby Hoffman (James LeGros), living alone in the Airstream trailer inherited Phoenix Oregon Movie LLC. from his late mother, has drifted into a sleepy eddy. Life passing him by and struggling to complete his graphic-novel opus, Bobby comes to believe his life is doomed – just a meaningless simulation FEATURING A POST- written by some alien civilization. On Bobby’s birthday, when his old high school buddy Carlos SCREENING FILMMAKER (Jesse Borrego) tries to shake him awake with a bold new business venture, shadows rear up from Q&A! the past and threaten to crush him.

Does positive thinking still work at mid-life? Can teamwork and friendship improve the odds for success of “the stupidest idea ever”? Irresistible Tanya (Lisa Edelstein) stirs Bobby’s bravery until his passion and dreams begin to breathe again. Enthusiastic Carlos (“you aren’t visualizing it!”) and his spirited, entrepreneurial family will not give up. Finally, when Bobby’s comically awful boss, Kyle, (Diedrich Bader) has shrunk his piece of the pie to crust, playing it safe just doesn’t feel safe anymore.

The road out of hiding and becoming a business owner, though at times exhilarating, isn’t easy. Snarky bowling rival, Al, (Kevin Corrigan) pins him around every corner, while slick venture capitalist, Mario, (Reynaldo Gallegos), captures Tanya’s eye and hopelessly intimidates Bobby with his worldly charm. When trouble and setbacks rear up, Bobby must decide whether he owns his life, or is merely a chump for his comic book aliens’ entertainment. Finally, it’s his choice.

The film takes a comedic look at the existential crisis many face when trying to find meaning and relevancy at mid-life. Despite controlling bosses, dead-end jobs, and broken relationships, the two leads stumble out of hibernation with courage and resilience, called to what may be their last chance to resurrect heartfelt dreams. (Dir. by Gary Lundgren, 2019, USA, 108 mins., Rated R)

CUCK SUNDAY, JULY 14 AT 9:00PM PRE-SALE: $3 | AT THE DOOR: $5 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO BE PURCHASED AT BLX SKATESHOP, 197 EAST TOOLE AVENUE PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Hopeless and dismal Ago Celaya runs for what’s left of his fading life….or at least the life he knows. This is a rental of The Loft From disheveled street walker to blood thirsty night stalker watch the demented leathered cuck Cinema, presented by BLX hunt Tucson’s most talented skateboarders. Uncensored raw street skateboarding as it was meant Skateshop. to be seen. From brain hemorrhages to stone cold knockouts watch this disasterpeice unfold before your eyes.

CUCK brings you testosterone-fueled shenanigans juxtaposed with corny 80’s pop hits to make even the most devout moral crusaders consider throwing in their bibles for a canine gimp suit. Filmed and edited by balding and morbidly obese clerk Erik Cox. Starring Aaron Brown, Ago Celaya, Craig McKay, and Marty Vidal.

THANKS TO OUR LOFT KIDS FEST PROGRAM SPONSORS:

LET THE FUN BEGIN! Super summer excitement returns to The Loft Cinema with our 13th annual Loft Kids Fest! Each morning, children and their parents can experience some of the best family-friendly films of all-time, along with a fabulous animated short before every feature! We’ve also got fun games, hands-on activities, live performances, great giveaways, tons-o-free-popcorn and crazy surprises. And best of all, it’s FREE!

FREE ADMISSION! FREE POPCORN! FREE FUN! Pre-show activities hosted by the gang from Mildred & Dildred Toy Store, every day starting at 9:15am! PLUS! There’s a daily FREE RAFFLE to win a $50 Gift Certificate to Mildred & Dildred Toy Store and other fabulous prizes!

TOY DRIVE AT THE LOFT KIDS FEST! Bring a NEW toy for a child in need and we’ll donate it to Casa de los Niños! Donations will be accepted every day of the Loft Kids Fest.

PLEASE NOTE: strollers are not permitted inside the theater. Accessibility information for the Loft Kids Fest can be found at loftcinema.org/about/accessibility

LOONEY TUNES ON THE BIG SCREEN! FRIDAY, JULY 19 AT 6:00PM | FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING AT HIMMEL PARK

To celebrate the kick-off of this year’s Loft Kids Fest, we’re taking over Himmel Park with FREE festivities, LIVE music, games and an outdoor screening of our zany Kids Fest tradition, Looney Tunes on the Big Screen! The fun starts at 6:00pm, and the film starts at 8:00pm. Get ready for a Looney good time under the stars with Bugs Bunny and the whole Looney Tunes gang! This event will be held on the North side of Himmel Park, 1000 N. Tucson Boulevard.

CASTLE IN THE SKY (ENGLISH DUBBED VERSION) SATURDAY, JULY 20 AT 10:00AM AND 10:30AM

Free small Eegees will be available after each screening, while supplies last! Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky is a timeless story of courage and friendship, with stunning animation from acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki!

Thanks to our Castle in the Sky co-film sponsor, Taiyotrope International, LLC! SHREK SUNDAY, JULY 21 AT 10:00AM AND 10:30AM

Who ever said a flatulent green Ogre doesn’t deserve a little happiness? Based on the children’s book by William Steig, Shrek is a true animated classic with something for kids and adults alike!

Thanks to our Shrek film sponsor, Vantage Bowling Centers!

OKKO’S INN (ENGLISH DUBBED VERSION) MONDAY, JULY 22 AT 10:00AM

Based on a popular series of children’s books, Okko’s Inn is the latest feature from famed anime studio Madhouse and director Kitaro Kosaka, a key animator at Studio Ghibli, seamlessly blending gorgeous landscapes with the storybook charm of Okko’s beloved ghosts.

THE SECRET GARDEN (1993) TUESDAY, JULY 23 AT 10:00AM

Based on the classic novel by Frances Hodgon Burnett, The Secret Garden tells the story of a young girl named Mary who is sent to live in her uncle’s forbidding Victorian country manor. This wondrous, gorgeously-photographed remake of the 1949 film stars Kate Maberly, Andrew Knott and Maggie Smith.

DISNEYNATURE: BORN IN CHINA WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 AT 10:00AM

Featuring stunning, never-before-seen imagery, the film navigates China’s vast terrain–from the frigid mountains to the heart of the bamboo forest–on the wings of red-crowned cranes, seamlessly tying the extraordinary tales together.

Thanks to our Disneynature: Born In China co-film sponsor, Speedway Veterinary Hospital!

CHARLOTTE’S WEB (2006) THURSDAY, JULY 25 AT 10:00AM

E.B. White’s classic children’s story comes to the screen in this live-action adaptation with an all-star voice cast.

Thanks to our Charlotte’s Web film sponsor, Bookman’s Entertainment Exchange!

KUNG FU PANDA FRIDAY, JULY 26 AT 10:00AM

A clumsy panda bear becomes an unlikely kung fu hero when a treacherous enemy spreads chaos throughout the land in this fun animated martial arts adventure featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, and Jackie Chan.

WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY SATURDAY, JULY 27 AT 10:00AM AND 10:30AM

The great Gene Wilder stars as the weird and wonderful candy man Willy Wonka in this scrumdiddlyumptious movie musical based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel.

Thanks to our Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory film sponsor, Children’s Museum of Tucson/Oro Valley!

THE GRINCH (2018) SUNDAY, JULY 28 AT 10:00AM AND 10:30AM

Celebrate Christmas in July with The Grinch at the Loft Kids Fest! Free small Eegees and cupcakes (courtesy of Cakes for Causes) will be available after each screening, while supplies last!

Thanks to our The Grinch film sponsor, General Dentistry 4 Kids! “It has become our world. From 1983’s Koyaanisqatsi to 1988’s Powaqqatsi to 2002’s Naqoyqatsi, Reggio’s appallingly obvious celebrated Quatsi Trilogy takes viewers on a that our technology journey from the ancient to the contemporary, from nature to industry, exploring life out has exceeded our of balance, in transformation, and as war, all humanity.” – Godfrey the while keeping our eyes wide with wonder. Referencing the first film in the trilogy, the Reggio, director of The surprise box-office hit Koyaanisqatsi, Reggio Qatsi Trilogy has said of his film’s provocatively ambiguous messaging, “It’s meant to offer an experience, rather than an idea. For some people, it’s an A singular artist and activist, Godfrey Reggio environmental film. For some, it’s an ode to is best known for the galvanizing, visually- technology. For some people, it’s a piece of shit. stunning, thought-provoking films of The Or it moves people deeply. It depends on who Qatsi Trilogy. Astonishingly photographed, you ask. It is the journey that is the objective.” and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores This July, don’t miss your opportunity to take by famed composer Philip Glass, these are the journey with Godfrey Reggio’s gloriously immersive sensory experiences that meditate mind-blowing Qatsi Trilogy as it was meant to on the havoc humankind’s obsession with be experienced – on the big screen! technological advancement has wreaked on KOYAANISQATSI (LIFE OUT OF BALANCE) THURSDAY, JULY 11 AT 7:30PM

An unconventional, stunning work in every way, Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi was a sensation when it was released to theatres in 1983. Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning “life out of balance,” this celebrated documentary reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. This first work of The Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern Hemisphere, in an astonishing collage created by the director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass. It shuttles viewers from one jaw-dropping “Epic, remarkable and vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting truly captivating. If ever human beings’ increasing dependence on technology. Koyaanisqatsi’s heterodox a film was destined for methods (including hypnotic time-lapse photography that was much imitated watching in a cinema, in the wake of the film’s surprise box-office success) make it a look at our world this is it.” – Leo Hickman, from a truly unique angle. Presented by Francis Ford Coppola, who helped Guardian promote and distribute the film to theatres because he felt it was “important for people to see,” Koyaanisqatsi is an unforgettable experience not be missed on the big screen! (Dir. by Godfrey Reggio, 1983, USA, 86 mins., Not Rated)

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Five years after Godfrey Reggio stunned audiences with Koyaanisqatsi, he again joined forces with composer Philip Glass and other collaborators for a second chapter. Here, Reggio turns his sights on third-world nations in the Southern Hemisphere. Forgoing the sped-up aesthetic of the first film, Powaqqatsi employs a meditative slow motion in order to reveal the beauty of the traditional ways of life in those parts of the planet, and to show how cultures there are being eroded as their environments are taken over by industry. This is the most intensely “Visually spectacular! spiritual segment of Reggio’s philosophical and visually remarkable Qatsi Trilogy. A mesmerizing cascade (Dir. by Godfrey Reggio, 1988, USA, 99 mins, Rated G) of sensuous sights and sounds.” – Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times

NAQOYQATSI (LIFE AS WAR) 35MM PRINT! THURSDAY, JULY 25 AT 7:30PM

Godfrey Reggio takes on the digital revolution in the mind-blowing final chapter of his Qatsi Trilogy. Through a variety of cinematic techniques, including slow motion, time-lapse, computer- generated imagery, and found footage, the film tells of a world that has completed the transition from the natural to the artificial. Globalization has been accomplished, all of our interactions are technologically mediated, and all images are manipulated. From this (virtual) reality, Reggio sculpts a frenetic yet ruminative portrait of an era in which “Filmmaking at its purest the cacophony of “communication” has rendered humankind effectively post- and most visceral – a language. (Dir. by Godfrey Reggio, 2002, USA, 89 mins., Rated PG) tale of sound and visual fury.” – Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post PRESENTED BY PIMA COUNTY LIBRARY LOFT JR. AT THE LOFT CINEMA

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OF PETS A SPACE ADVENTURE HENDERSONS Based on the bestselling books by R.L. Stine, Goosebumps is a fun fright fest The Secret Life of Pets is the hilarious Based on the acclaimed children’s book A friendly Bigfoot named Harry finds guaranteed to shiver the spine and animated comedy that finally answers by Chris Van Allsburg, the author of a human family to love and things tickle the funny bone! (Dir. by Rob the question: what do your pets do Jumanji and The Polar Express, Zathura are going to get pretty hairy in this Letterman, 2015,103 mins., Rated PG) when you’re not home? (Dir. by Chris is an interstellar adventure filled with big-footed, big-hearted ‘80s comedy/ Renaud & Yarrow Cheney, 2016, 91 heart-racing sci-fi thrills! (Dir. by Jon adventure! (Dir. by William Dear, 1987, “With a lot of jolts and a lot of laughs, mins., Rated PG) Favreau, 2005, 101 mins., Rated PG) USA, 110 mins., Rated PG) Goosebumps is pretty much the perfect scary movie for kids.” – Roger Moore, “Here’s something dog and cat people “Great fun! Zathura serves up kid- “A family adventure full of laughs, Movie Nation can agree on: The Secret Life of Pets is friendly sci-fi thrills, along with a Harry and the Hendersons offers hilarious, sweet and fun.” – Raakhee little nostalgia for grownups. Its low- some touching scenes and powerful Mirchandani, New York Daily News tech special effects are a refreshing messages in between rollicking action departure from the CG norm.” – Lisa scenes, slapstick gags, and sharp one- Rose, Newark Star-Ledger liners.” – Ellen Dendy, Common Sense Media ESSENTIAL CINEMA AT THE LOFT CINEMA

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The release of Lucrecia Martel’s La “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not OF ALICE GUY- (1960) Ciénaga heralded the arrival of an going to take this anymore!” This BLACHÉ astonishingly vital and original voice deliriously dark and wicked satire In this darkly atmospheric chiller, in Argentine cinema. With a radical of television run amuck, directed by a mysterious young woman is Alice Guy-Blaché was not only the and disturbing take on narrative, Sidney Lumet from Paddy Chayefsky’s executed as a witch, but not before first female director, but also one of beautiful cinematography, and a scathing, Oscar-winning screenplay, placing a curse upon those who have the first film directors, period. But highly sophisticated use of on- and is a masterpiece of ‘70s Hollywood condemned her – a horrible vengeance odds are you’ve never heard of her. offscreen sound, Martel turns her cinema. (Dir. by Sidney Lumet, 1976, that is fulfilled some 200 years later The French-born filmmaker entered tale of a dissolute bourgeois extended USA, 121 mins., Rated R) in a riot of pure terror! (Dir. by Mario the movie business at the very family, whiling away the hours of Bava, 1960, Italy, in Italian with English beginning – in 1894, at the age of 21. one sweaty, sticky summer, into a “The greatest screenplay ever to subtitles, 87 mins., Not Rated) (Dir. by Alice Guy-Blaché, 1896 – 1919, cinematic marvel. (Dir. by Lucrecia remain undestroyed by Hollywood.” – France/USA, approximately 90 mins., Martel, 2001, Argentina, in Spanish Cintra Wilson, Salon “Boldly imaginative and dreamlike Not Rated) with English subtitles, 103 mins., Not … crammed with surreal and still Rated) shocking imagery.” – Derek Adams, Time Out

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“Pavarotti’s larger-than-life personality shines in almost PAVAROTTI every scene. The singer’s optimism is contagious, and his STARTS FRIDAY, JUNE 28 schoolboy-like wonder is jubilant. There’s a lot to smile at REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES here.” – Ken Jaworowski, New York Times

From the filmmaking team behind and a voice to the world, and this the highly-acclaimed documentary film, featuring history-making The Beatles: Eight Days a Week: The performances, intimate interviews, Touring Years, Pavarotti is a riveting and never-before-seen footage, film that lifts the curtain on the is an unforgettable portrait of an icon who brought opera to the international superstar whose people. joyful personality was as big as his talent. (Dir. by Ron Howard, 2019, “A warm, emotional and USA, 115 mins., Rated PG-13) completely involving film about the celebrated “Emotionally powerful! tenor.” – Kenneth Turan, This is a no-holds barred Los Angeles Times portrait of the artist and the man.” – Pete Academy Award-winning director Hammond, Deadline Ron Howard puts audiences front row and center for an engrossing exploration of The Voice … The Closed Captions and Audio Man … The Legend. Luciano Description Available Pavarotti gave his life to the music NEW FILMS 33

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Jimmie (Jimmie Fails) dreams of other locals on the margins, The reclaiming the Victorian home his Last Black Man in San Francisco is grandfather built in the heart of a poignant and sweeping story San Francisco. Joined on his quest of hometowns and how they’re by his best friend Mont (Jonathan made—and kept alive—by the Majors), Jimmie searches for people who love them. Co-starring belonging in a rapidly changing Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold city that seems to have left them and Danny Glover. Winner of behind. the Sundance Best Director and Special Jury Awards. (Dir. by Joe “An undeniable gem.” – Talbot, 2019, USA, 120 mins., Rated David Fear, Rolling Stone R)

As he struggles to reconnect “A warm, funny movie with his family and reconstruct about legacy, loss, and the community he longs for, his the strength to move hopes blind him to the reality of forward.”- Ben Pearson, his situation. A wistful odyssey Slash Film populated by skaters, squatters, street preachers, playwrights, and 34 NEW FILMS

“A resonant tribute to an almost-bygone era.” - ECHO IN THE CANYON Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 5 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Featuring a pre-screening book California Sound.It was a moment Stephen Stills, David Crosby, signing with Ianthe McGuinn, (1965 to 1967) when bands came Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn author of In the Wings: My Life with to L.A. to emulate The Beatles and Jackson Browne as well as Roger McGuinn and The Byrds on and Laurel Canyon emerged contemporary musicians they opening night, Friday, July 5th, at as a hotbed of creativity and influenced such as Tom Petty (in 6pm. Copies of the book for sale collaboration for a new generation his very last film interview), Beck, while supplies last! of musicians who would soon put Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina an indelible stamp on the history Spektor and Norah Jones. (Dir. by “A music documentary of American popular music. Andrew Slater, 2019, USA, 82 mins., up there with the all-time Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film PG-13) greats.” – Andy Howell, explores the beginnings of the Film Threat Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan “Sensational! It’s uncovers never-before-heard irresistible in every way.” Echo in the Canyon celebrates the personal details behind the bands – Pete Hammond, Deadline explosion of popular music that and their songs and how that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in music continues to inspire today. the mid-’60s as folk went electric Echo in the Canyon contains candid and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, conversations and performances Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, and the Papas gave birth to the Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, NEW FILMS 35

TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 12 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

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“Beautiful! Morrison and her novels are “Will make you want to go treasures.” – Caryn James, Hollywood TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM out and buy all of her books Reporter STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 12 immediately.” – Lorry Kikta, REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Film Threat From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of JULY’S REEL READS lines with Angela Davis to her teaching at Princeton University. her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of SELECTION own riverfront writing room, Toni In addition to Ms. Morrison, the race, America, history and the human condition as Purchase a copy of God Help the Morrison leads an assembly of her documentary features interviews seen through the prism of her own work. Inspired to Child by Toni Morrison during peers, critics and colleagues on with Angela Davis, Hilton Als, Fran write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, the month of July and receive a an exploration of race, America, Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of special “Loft Reel Reads” discount history and the human condition Sanchez, Farah Griffin, and Oprah the master narrative. Woven together with a rich off the cover price – 20% for Loft as seen through the prism of Winfrey, who turned Morrison’s collection of art, history, literature and personality, members and 10% for the general her own work. Inspired to write novel Beloved into a feature film. the film includes discussions about her many critically public. Copies of the book are because no one took a “little black (Dir. by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, acclaimed novels, including The Bluest Eye, Sula available at The Loft Cinema and girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on 2019, USA, 119 mins., Not Rated) and Song of Solomon, her role as an editor of iconic Antigone Books. her lifelong deconstruction of the African-American literature and her time teaching at master narrative. Woven together Princeton University. In addition to Ms. Morrison, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is an with a rich collection of art, Thanks to our community the documentary features interviews with Angela artful and uplifting documentary history, literature and personality, partners, The University Davis, Hilton Als, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, on the life and works of the the film includes discussions about of Arizona Poetry Center, Sonia Sanchez, Farah Griffin, and Oprah Winfrey, who legendary storyteller and Nobel her many critically acclaimed Tucson Black Film Club and turned Morrison’s novel Beloved into a feature film. Prize-winner. From her childhood novels, including The Bluest Eye, Wildcat Writers! (Dir. by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 2019, USA, 119 in the steel town of Lorain, Sula and Song of Solomon, her role mins., Not Rated) Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with as an editor of iconic African- Muhammad Ali, from the front American literature and her time 36 NEW FILMS

“A caustic comedy, rife THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE with fidgety questions.” – STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 12 Anthony Lane, New Yorker REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

FREE LOFT MEMBERS Pierre-Paul (Alexandre Landry) is a and run? This provocative crime SCREENING shy, 36-year-old intellectual with a caper from Academy Award- Friday, July 12, 7:00pm. Free for PhD in philosophy who’s forced to winning writer/director Denys Loft Cinema members and open work as a deliveryman to afford a Arcand (The Barbarian Invasions; to the public at regular admission decent living. The Decline of the American Empire) prices. takes a witty yet touching look at “NYT Critic’s Pick! Funny the predominance of money in a Members may pick up tickets only and engrossing … packs society where all other values seem for themselves (1 for individual in a lot of pointed social to have crumbled. (Dir. by Denys levels, 2 for couple levels) at and political commentary.” Arcand, 2018, Canada, in French/ the Box Office on the day of the – Glenn Kenny, New York English with English subtitles, 127 Member Screening. The Box Office Times mins., Rated R) is open 1/2 hour before the first show of the day. Please see the One day, while delivering a parcel, “A sardonic, solidly website for showtimes. Members he gets caught in a hold up gone entertaining fusion of will be issued a return pass (valid terribly wrong: two dead and crime caper and state of through the following Thursday) millions in money bags laying the nation rumination.” – to see this film another time, if the on the ground. Pierre-Paul is Allan Hunter, Screen screening is at capacity. confronted with a dilemma: leave International empty handed, or take the money NEW FILMS 37

THIS ONE’S FOR THE LADIES STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 12 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES PLEASE NOTE: THIS FILM IS RATED NC-17. NO ONE UNDER 18 WILL BE ADMITTED.

Every Thursday night, hundreds from the community. Hilarious, of women gather for a potluck eye-opening, and breathtakingly celebration and the chance to sexy, This One’s for the Ladies is a throw singles at the hottest virtual how-to guide for letting go dancers in New Jersey, The Nasty of your troubles and having a good Boyz—featuring Satan, Mr. time. (Dir. by Gene Graham, 2018, Capable, Sweet Tea, Poundcake, USA, 82 mins., Rated NC-17) Fever, Young Rider and lesbian ‘dom’ dancer, Blaze. “Breezy, likeable and fun to watch … a loving study “So unabashedly sex- of sexualities we rarely positive you just might see on screen.” – K. Austin want to find the closest Collins, Vanity Fair all-male revue.” – Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times

This One’s for the Ladies isn’t just about the tips or the dancing. It’s a heartwarming story of friendship and the resilience that comes 38 NEW FILMS

“A charming exercise in low-key romantic realism.” – IN THE AISLES Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 19 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

When the reclusive Christian But Marion has secrets of her own (Franz Rogowski, Transit) takes a and when she suddenly goes on job working the night shift at a big sick leave, Christian is tempted to box store, his new manager, Bruno fall into habits of his dark past. An from the Beverage Department affecting and bittersweet glimpse (Peter Kurth, Babylon Berlin), into the shared connections of a teaches him the lay of the land and motley group of workers, In the the delicacy it takes to operate a Aisles quietly celebrates the beauty forklift. in the day-to-day and the collective pride we take in our jobs with dark “An offbeat, bittersweet humor and bittersweet nuance. romance.” – Jessica Kiang, (Dir. by Thomas Stuber, 2018, Variety Germany, in German with English subtitles, 125 mins., Not Rated) Christian becomes enamored by his charming buy mysterious co- “A poignant and richly worker “Sweets Marion” (Sandra sympathetic film.” – Peter Huller, Toni Erdmann), with whom Bradshaw, Guardian he begins to share flirtatious break room coffees and conversations. NEW FILMS 39

“Rudolf Nureyev remains a hypnotic figure in a new NUREYEV documentary that nails, through never-before-seen MAIDEN STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 19 footage, the singularity of his dance genius.” – Owen STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 26 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Gleiberman, Variety REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

This striking new documentary as a global phenomenon, the unapologetic openness about Maiden is the true story of how traces the extraordinary life of film features never-before-seen his sexuality over half a century Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old Rudolf Nureyev, who transcended archival dance footage (some ago can be seen for the act of cook in charter boats, became the fame in the dance world to become choreographed by modern dance trailblazing bravery it truly was. skipper of the first ever all-female a pop culture icon of his time. greats Martha Graham, Paul Taylor Having left a legacy in the dance crew to enter the Whitbread and Murray Lewis), while newly world stemming from Mikhail Round the World in 1989. “A meticulous, created work directed by Royal Baryshnikov to the current era of heartbreaking tour de Ballet alumnus Russell Maliphant, Marcelo Gomes, Carlos Acosta and “Brilliantly effective and force.” – Leslie Felperin, with an original score by Alex Sergei Polunin, it is telling that unexpectedly moving.” Guardian Baranowski, dramatizes scenes Nureyev is still widely considered – Matthew Bond, Mail on from the dancer’s life. A quarter the finest male ballet dancer ever Sunday Nureyev serves up a truly of a century after Nureyev’s death, to grace the stage. (Dir. by David profound experience of the his story has never been more Morris & Jacques Morris, 2018, UK, Tracy’s inspirational dream was man’s extraordinary technique, relevant: his defection to the 109 mins., Not Rated) opposed on all sides: her male scintillating stage presence and West is symbolic as Russia and competitors thought an all-women sexual magnetism (both on and the West struggle once more to “Irresistible … dazzling crew would never make it, the off-stage). Charting his rise from reconcile conflicting values. As the … instantly essential.” – chauvinistic yachting press took humble beginnings in Russia, Russian government’s attitude Frank Scheck, Hollywood bets on her failure, and potential to his eventual defection to the towards homosexuality is seen as Reporter sponsors rejected her, fearing they West, to his subsequent fame medieval in its archaism, Nureyev’s would die at sea and generate bad 40 NEW FILMS

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In this audacious, psychotropic and mesmerizing Maiden is the true story of how Tracy Edwards, a horror film, the standard formulas for demonic 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper possession tales are turned upside down and of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread transformed into something new and deeply Round the World in 1989. frightening. “A rousing, real-life, feminist adventure “A delirious, unusual assault on the tale … a crowd-pleaser likely to leave senses, and a remarkably fresh take on audiences cheering.” – Caryn James, the possession sub-genre of horror.” – Hollywood Reporter David Kurland, Bloody Disgusting Tracy’s inspirational dream was opposed on all sides: While a confused young cabdriver, Luz (Luana Velis), her male competitors thought an all-women crew enters a police station to report an incident that took would never make it, the chauvinistic yachting press place earlier that evening, another woman, Nora took bets on her failure, and potential sponsors (Julia Riedler), seduces police psychotherapist Dr. rejected her, fearing they would die at sea and Rossini (Jan Bluthardt) in a nightclub across town. generate bad publicity. But Tracy refused to give up: As the conversation and sexual tension swells, Nora she remortgaged her home and bought a secondhand shares not only her connection to Luz, but also the boat, putting everything on the line to ensure the dark secrets of their past. When Nora’s true identity team made it to the start line. Although blessed is revealed, Luz finds herself battling a terrifying with tremendous self-belief Tracy was also beset by demonic entity that endangers the entire city. Shot on crippling doubts and was only able to make it through 16mm film with a darkly ethereal synth score, writer/ with the support of her remarkable crew. With their director Tilman Singer’s debut feature is an intelligent help she went on to shock the sport world and prove and twisted genre piece that feels like a lost ‘80s that women are very much the equal of men. (Dir. by horror classic, paying homage to the films of Andrzej Alex Holmes, 2019, UK, 97 mins., Rated PG) Żuławski (Possession) and early John Carpenter (among others), while simultaneously unleashing its own distinctly surreal vision. (Dir. by Tilman Singer, 2018, Germany, in German/Spanish with English subtitles, 70 mins., Not Rated) NEW FILMS 41

“It’s director Lulu Wang’s singular gift for life’s simplest THE FAREWELL moments which makes The Farewell ring so truthfully COMING SOON bare, funny and emotional.” – Jordan Ruimy, Playlist REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

In this funny, uplifting tale based minefield of family expectations on an actual lie, Chinese-born, and proprieties, she finds there’s U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina, Crazy a lot to celebrate: a chance to Rich Asians) reluctantly returns to rediscover the country she left as a Changchun to find that, although child, her grandmother’s wondrous the whole family knows their spirit, and the ties that keep on beloved matriarch, Nai Nai, has binding even when so much goes been given mere weeks to live, unspoken. With The Farewell, everyone has decided not to tell writer/director Lulu Wang has Nai Nai herself. created a heartfelt celebration of both the way we perform family “Awkwafina gives her best and the way we live it, masterfully performance yet in this interweaving a gently humorous bittersweet dramedy.” – depiction of the good lie in action Eric Kohn, Indiewire with a richly moving story of how family can unite and strengthen To assure her happiness, they us, often in spite of ourselves. gather under the joyful guise of an (Dir. by Lulu Wang, 2019, USA, expedited wedding, uniting family in English/Mandarin with English members scattered among new subtitles, 98 mins., Rated PG) homes abroad. As Billi navigates a 42 NEW FILMS

“Startlingly intimate DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME … raw and entirely STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 human.” – Kate Erbland, REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES IndieWire

Producer Cameron Crowe and obstacles, Crosby forged a new with the filmmakers’ disarming director A.J. Eaton craft an path at the age of 77. Seeking out interview style to unlock profound unflinchingly honest portrait younger musicians and recording truths about our human ego and of musician David Crosby, now a pair of critically-praised new imperfection. As this twinkly-eyed 77, framed around a multi-day albums, Crosby now sets out to septuagenarian with a beautiful interview with the controversial make a mark in a world now so voice and chronic illness heads legend about his illustrious career different from the generation he back on the road to make a buck, and troubled personal life. came to define in the 60’s. With what endures is the transformative humor and bite, Crosby shares nature of music and the possibility “A touching, nostalgia- his rocky journey as a musician of loving unconditionally. (Dir. by infused portrait that’s and activist at the forefront A.J. Eaton, 2019, USA, 95 mins., imbued with affection.” – of the California rock scene— Rated R) Leslie Felperin, Hollywood from his Laurel Canyon days Reporter with Joni Mitchell and ecstatic “Moving and elegiac … performances with The Byrds and David Crosby appears as A cultural force for over fifty CSN&Y, to dark times in jail and the aging poster boy for years, Crosby faced an uncertain regretful ruptures with beloved ’60 excess, and the future after the 2015 dissolution bandmates. Crosby’s willingness spirit it took to survive it” – of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Racked to bare shattering personal Owen Gleiberman, Variety with health issues and personal struggles powerfully combines NEW FILMS 43

“An uncompromising vision. The new film from the THE NIGHTINGALE director of The Babadook is a whole different kind of STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 horrifying.” – A.A Dowd, AV Club REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

The new film from Jennifer Kent, who oversaw the horror, so she of grace (Dir. by Jennifer Kent, acclaimed director of the modern- enlists the service of an Aboriginal 2019, Australia, in English/Scottish/ day horror classic The Babadook, tracker named Billy. Marked by Gaelic/Aboriginal with English is a merciless revenge thriller trauma from his own violence- subtitles, 136 mins., Rated R / following one woman’s journey filled past, Billy reluctantly agrees Contains graphic violence) into the heart of darkness. to take her through the interior of Tasmania. On this brutal “Truly outstanding! “Mythic and gripping. A quest for blood, Clare gets much Jennifer Kent continues to historical revenge tale of more than she bargained for. be a fiercely original, very shattering beauty.” -Guy The Nightingale is a brutal ride brave filmmaker.” – Lodge, Variety through the unforgiving land of Norman Gidney, Film 19th-century Tasmania, a time Threat One night in 1820s Tasmania, when British colonists nearly Clare (Aisling Franciosi, Game of decimated Aboriginal Tasmanians. Thrones), a young Irish convict, With horrors lurking around Closed Captions and Audio loses everything she holds dear every corner, Jennifer Kent’s Description Available after her family is horrifically new nightmare is equally epic, attacked. She’s immediately traumatizing and unexpected driven to track down and seek – a majestic achievement most revenge against the British officer striking in its haunting moments

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